Principal Staff Officer (Bangladesh)

The Principal Staff Officer is the head of Armed Forces Division, which is part of the Prime Minister's Office. He is assisted by a PS (acting PSO) & five departmental heads each one star rank military officer from Bangladesh Armed Forces.[1]

Under the direct supervision and guidance of the Prime Minister he has the authority, direction, and control over all operational and administrative services. He also, as per government notification, performs the duties of a full-fledged Secretary with full administrative and financial authority as that of a Secretary in any other Division / Ministry.[2]

The following table chronicles the appointees to the office of Principal Staff Officer or its preceding positions since the formation of the division.[3][4][5][6]

No.		Principal Staff Officer	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Bhuiyan, ShubidMajor general Shubid Ali Bhuiyan	1991	1996	4–5 years
2		Nur, A.I.M.Major general A. I. M. Mostofa Reza Nur PSC	2004	2006	1–2 years
3		Chowdhury, JahangirMajor general Jahangir Alam Chowdhury Ndc, PSC (born 1953)	2006	June 2007	0–1 years
4		Chowdhury, MasudLieutenant general Masud Uddin Chowdhury NDU, PSC	June 2007	2 June 2008	1 year
5		Mubeen, MdLieutenant general Md Abdul Mubeen Ndc, psc (born 1955)	4 June 2008	12 June 2009	1 year, 8 days
6		Wadud, AbdulLieutenant general Abdul Wadud Ndc, psc	13 June 2009	1 January 2013	3 years, 203 days
7		Huq, ShafiulLieutenant general Shafiul Huq Ndc, psc (born 1958)	1 January 2013	24 June 2015	2 years, 174 days
8		Islam, MoinulLieutenant general Moinul Islam Afwc, psc	1 July 2015	31 January 2016	214 days
9		Rahman, MdLieutenant general Md Mahfuzur Rahman rcds, ndc, afwc, psc, PhD (born 1961)	1 February 2016	24 November 2020	4 years, 298 days
10		Rahman, MdLieutenant general Waqar Uz Zaman	24 November 2020	Incumbent	71 days